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Universal Interventions

Fully Exploring Their Impacts and Potential to Produce Population-Level Impacts

Bibliographic Data

ID23331230
AuthorsMark T Greenberg (0000-0001-7189-5882, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Rachel M Abenavoli (Pennsylvania State University), Rachel Abenavoli (0000-0002-9125-9792, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue1
Pages40-67
Publication date2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research on Educational Effectiveness (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1934-5747 • E-ISSN: 1934-5739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19345747.2016.1246632
OpenAlexW2531443228
LanguageEN
Citations received74
References cited105

In this article we seek to promote a deeper understanding of the value of universal intervention research in education as well as other fields and to call for greater interdisciplinary learning and discourse. Our goal is to deepen the conversation regarding how to build a stronger research orientation toward longitudinal, population-level outcomes in education and mental health. After highlighting the value of universal approaches targeting entire populations and their relevance to education, we raise issues regarding the traditional benchmarks of efficacy when applied to universal intervention trials and suggest alternative metrics for judging the impact of universal approaches. We conclude with lessons based on exemplar studies to help shape future research and policy regarding universal interventions.

Conversation · Intervention (counseling) · Mental health · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Relevance (law) · Sociology · Universal design · Value (mathematics) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology

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